fandomeldersintheirthirties:

To me it’s just sounds like a perfomative totally-not-a-threat.

“Oh I should totally suibait you for that gross ship of yours but I’m a bigger person now, I don’t do that anymore. But I could because you deserve it.”

Reminds me of a type of old jokes/memes from my country: “Good Comrade Stalin. Could’ve kiled you but he didn’t.”